Describes a portable fluid power engineering laboratory and class demonstration apparatus designed to enable students to design, build, and test multi-actuator circuits. Features a variety of standard pneumatic values and actuators fitted with quick disconnect couplings. Discusses sequencing circuit boards, microcomputer control, cost, and…

Presented are questionnaire data for 1978-79 reported by 210 engineering and technical colleges and affiliate members of the American Society for Engineering Education. Questions were asked regarding engineering study and engineering research, such as graduate degree requirements, research areas of accepted doctoral theses, and personnel engaged…

In spite of their continually increasing numbers, engineering graduates have been having no trouble finding employment. Presented are analyses of engineering degrees awarded and future sources of employment for engineering graduates. (RE)

To maintain the participation of young Americans in the engineering work force, guidance efforts must give capable U.S. high school students the opportunity to evaluate engineering fairly as a career with a promising future. Activities aimed at providing their guidance are outlined. (Author/RE)

Engineering management programs at the master's degree level open the management level career areas to engineers. Discussed are various colleges' programs and their program titles, curricula, faculty, students, admission requirements, and relationships with business schools. (RE)

A survey was conducted of students and alumni of nine universities to obtain a profile of people who had selected graduate study in engineering management. Discussed are attitudes of employers, clues for recruiting, and program evaluation. (RE)

Presents information on the Georgia Institute of Technology. This information includes: (1) a brief history of the institute; (2) names of the faculty members of the chemistry and metallurgy divisions; (3) undergraduate program; and (4) graduate program. (HM)

Presents Part II of a description of a computer-oriented course on process control which has been offered at the University of Wisconsin for undergraduate students. Lecture topics and laboratory experiments are also included. (HM)

Describes the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum at the Speed Scientific School of the University of Louisville. The history of the department, a description of the chemical engineering courses, and the strengths and weaknesses of the program are also included. (HM)

Described is a graduate level engineering course offered at the University of Southern California on coal liquefaction processes. Lecture topics and course requirements are discussed. A 64-item bibliography of papers used in place of a textbook is included. (BT)

Cites statistics on undergraduate and graduate study in chemistry and chemical engineering at higher education institutions approved by the American Chemical Society. (MLH)

Describes a one-and-a-half day workshop designed to introduce engineering graduate students to effective teaching methods. (MLH)

The Illinois Institute of Technology is making engineering more accessible to women, blacks, and other minorities and searches high schools for likely candidates. (Editor)

Describes the use of three questionnaires in assessing how students learn. Results of the study process questionnaire, the course experience questionnaire, and the learning style inventory indicate that lecturers need to change their teaching paradigm to one where the lecturer is closely involved in the learning context. (DDR)

Describes the successive stages of the School of Aeronautical Engineering of Madrid, Spain, in terms of entry requirements, curricula guidelines, options or specialties, duration of studies, and number of graduates. Also includes a description of the Spanish aeronautical industry and its evolution. (Author/PVD)